Validation of annual skeletal marks in green sea turtles chelonia mydas using tetracycline labeling

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-204

  Snover, Melissa L ^a,c   Hohn, Aleta A ^b   Goshe, Lisa R ^b   Balazs, George H ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Fluorescent marks; Growth marks; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA (GENUS); CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS KEMPII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79956369766     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00337     Document Type: Article

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